11-letter words containing h, a, n, g
- astonishing — Something that is astonishing is very surprising.
- atherogenic — causing atheroma
- authorising — Present participle of authorise.
- authorizing — Present participle of authorize.
- autochanger — a device in a record player or CD player that enables a small stack of records or CDs to be dropped automatically onto the turntable or player tray one at a time and played separately
- backhanding — Present participle of backhand.
- backlashing — a sudden, forceful backward movement; recoil.
- backwashing — A form of water treatment in which water is pumped backwards through the filter media, sometimes with intermittent use of compressed air.
- badmouthing — Slang. to speak critically and often disloyally of; disparage: Why do you bad-mouth your family so much?
- baking dish — a usually ceramic dish in which items can be baked
- ballyhooing — Present participle of ballyhoo.
- bangladeshi — Bangladeshi means belonging to or relating to Bangladesh, or to its people or culture.
- bar-hopping — Informal. to go to a succession of bars or nightclubs, with a brief stay at each.
- bath sponge — any of various common sponges, of the family Spongiidae, that have a skeletal network composed of fibers of spongin: collected in the Gulf of Mexico, the Mediterranean, and the Caribbean for their commercial value.
- bathing cap — a tight rubber cap worn by a swimmer to keep the hair dry
- bathing hut — a small waterside building where swimmers can change their clothes
- bathtub gin — homemade gin, especially gin made illegally during Prohibition.
- be laughing — to be in a favourable situation
- bellyaching — constant complaining
- bequeathing — to dispose of (personal property, especially money) by last will: She bequeathed her half of the company to her niece.
- binge-watch — to watch a large number of television programmes (especially all the shows from one series) in succession
- bit bashing — (Also "bit diddling" or bit twiddling). Any of several kinds of low-level programming characterised by manipulation of bit, flag, nibble, and other smaller-than-character-sized pieces of data. These include low-level device control, encryption algorithms, checksum and error-correcting codes, hash functions, some flavours of graphics programming (see bitblt), and assembler/compiler code generation. May connote either tedium or a real technical challenge (more usually the former). "The command decoding for the new tape driver looks pretty solid but the bit-bashing for the control registers still has bugs." See also bit bang, mode bit.
- blaspheming — to speak impiously or irreverently of (God or sacred things).
- brachiating — Botany. having widely spreading branches in alternate pairs.
- brattishing — decorative work along the coping or on the cornice of a building
- bulkheading — the construction of bulkheads; bulkheads in general.
- bunch grass — any of various grasses that grow in tufts
- bushbashing — the process of forcing a path through the bush
- bushranging — the life of a bushranger
- bushwalking — an expedition on foot in the bush
- calf-length — Calf-length skirts, dresses, and coats come to halfway between your knees and ankles.
- candlelight — Candlelight is the light that a candle produces.
- casing shoe — A casing shoe is the bottom of the casing string, including the cement around it.
- catechising — Present participle of catechise.
- catechizing — Present participle of catechize.
- ch'iungshan — Qiongshan.
- chaetognath — any small wormlike marine invertebrate of the phylum Chaetognatha, including the arrowworms, having a coelom and a ring of bristles around the mouth
- chain grate — a type of mechanical stoker for a furnace, in which the grate consists of an endless chain that draws the solid fuel into the furnace as it rotates
- challengers — Plural form of challenger.
- challenging — A challenging task or job requires great effort and determination.
- champignons — Plural form of champignon.
- championing — a person who has defeated all opponents in a competition or series of competitions, so as to hold first place: the heavyweight boxing champion.
- chandelling — Present participle of chandelle.
- chandlering — the work of a chandler
- chang jiang — a river in E Asia, flowing from the Tibetan plateau through central China to the East China Sea. About 3200 miles (5150 km) long.
- change down — When you change down, you move the gear lever in the vehicle you are driving in order to use a lower gear.
- change face — to rotate the telescope of a surveying instrument through 180° horizontally and vertically, taking a second sighting of the same object in order to reduce error
- change feet — to put on different shoes, boots, etc
- change over — If you change over from one thing to another, you stop doing one thing and start doing the other.
- changefully — In a changeful manner.